Tag: China
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China Looks To Derail The West’s Strategy To Replace Russian Gas Supplies
Simon Watkins Simon Watkins is a former senior FX trader and salesman, financial journalist, and best-selling author. He was Head of Forex Institutional Sales and Trading for… More Info Premium Content By Simon Watkins – Mar 05, 2025, 6:00 PM CST China is ramping up its energy investments in Egypt. Egypt’s strategic energy position makes…
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Geopolitical Dynamics Surrounding Iraq’s Ambitious Development Road Project
Leveraging its geography and resources to serve as an economic bridge between Asia and Europe is not a new concept for Iraq. In the 1980s, the country promoted the “Dry Canal” idea of offering a commercial transit hub linking several regions of the world. But wars, foreign military occupation, political instability, and the challenge of…
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Commentary
In the context of a renewed interest in the functioning of charitable hospitals in Maharashtra, and the intention of the state charity commissioner to ensure compliance with the Indigent Patient Fund scheme, some related issues have been revisited and suggestions forwarded for modifying the scheme. Attention is drawn towards the misuse of trust hospitals and…
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Too Little, Too Late: China Steps Up Military Aid to Myanmar’s Junta
Editor’s Note: Stimson’s Myanmar Project seeks a variety of analytical perspectives on issues relating to Myanmar’s civil war, domestic politics, foreign relations, and other topics. Zachary Abuza is a Professor at the National War College and an expert on Southeast Asian politics and security. Nyein Nyein Thant Aung is an Erasmus Mundus Scholar in the…
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Africa Pivots to China’s Global Security Initiative
As geopolitical tensions rise, African nations are increasingly aligning with Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Global Security Initiative. The framework, which promotes non-interference, respecting sovereignty, and development-focused security, is appealing to African countries as an alternative to Western-led interventions. Through military cooperation, peacekeeping missions, counterterrorism assistance, and non-conditional security aid, among others, China is deepening its…
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India is copying China playbook for a wide global footprint
India is taking a leaf from China’s playbook to counter its growing global influence. India is taking a major step to acquire a global maritime footprint which will help it meet its strategic as well as trade goals by strengthening supply chains. Ports, shipping and waterways minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said that India will establish…
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The Fall of the Assad Regime: Regional and International Power Shifts
Following its military intervention in the Syrian civil war in 2015, Russia established the so-called Astana Format some two years later. Within this framework, it cooperated with Turkey and Iran to freeze the conflicts in Syria, curb the violence and map out spheres of influence. As a result, the balance of power in the region…
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Brazil at the Crossroads Between the West and the South: The Brazilian Presidency of the G20 and BRICS
In his third term in office, President Lula da Silva is trying to regain the global prominence of Brazilian foreign policy that characterised his previous terms (2003-2010) and those of President Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016). However, a lot has changed on the domestic and international scenes since 2016, posing complex challenges for Brazil’s capacity to resume…
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The Bad Economics of Bullying
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened a wide range of countries with punitive measures, especially tariffs, to achieve goals in areas as diverse as gaining more access to foreign markets, controlling flows of people and drugs, and taking over territory. But how widely can this tactic succeed in foreign policy, and can it succeed so…
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The Bad Economics of Bullying
Bullies may be motivated by sadism and other unseemly psychological motives, but for bullying to form part of a strategy, it must be instrumental—intended to achieve a goal, and specifically to get the bullied to do something differently so that the bully can better realize an objective. Take tariffs, for example. Tariffs may be intended…
